The Conqueror
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Conqueror |
| Original title | The Conqueror |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dick Powell |
| script | Oscar Millard |
| production | Dick Powell Howard Hughes |
| music | Victor Young |
| camera |
Joseph LaShelle William E. Snyder Leo Tover Harry J. Wild |
| cut |
Robert Ford Kennie Marstella |
| occupation | |
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The Conqueror (Original: The Conqueror , alternative title Die Barbarians ) is a 1954 film by Dick Powell , which was released in 1956. The production of the film is associated with later cancers of those involved, as the shooting took place in the part of the Snow Canyon of Utah , which was radioactively contaminated by an atomic bomb test . John Wayne (→ filmography ) played (in the opinion of many critics grotesquely miscast) the Mongol leader Genghis Khan . The film was produced by RKO .
action
The Mongol leader Temujin , also known as Genghis Khan , coat in the 12th century, a caravan of Merkits . He takes the daughter of the Tatar ruler Kumlek prisoner. Temujin tries by all means to take the stubborn prisoner Bortai to his wife. In the fight against the Tatars he allies himself with the Chinese ruler Wang Khan. However, things turned out differently, and the Tartars liberate Bortai and take Temujin prisoner. Temujin is said to be tortured to death; Bortai has now discovered her love for him and frees him.
criticism
John Wayne received the Golden Turkey Award for the greatest miscast of all time for his role as Genghis Khan .
“Sumptuous epic with a lot of effort in terms of people, animals and material and all sorts of historical inconsistencies from the 12th century. One of the unfortunate attempts by actor Dick Powell to direct. "
background
Location, radioactivity and the consequences
The exterior locations downwind of the nuclear test site Nevada Test Site in the town of St. George in the State of Utah instead. On May 19, 1953, the atomic bomb Harry , later called "Dirty Harry", was detonated on the Nevada Test Site and caused the most powerful radioactive fallout from an atomic bomb test on the American continent.
One illustration shows John Wayne with his two sons and an unidentified person looking at a Geiger counter while filming outside. A few tons of contaminated sand from the area were used for decoration in the studio. The connection between radioactivity as a possible cause of Wayne's disease was revealed in 1979 by the tabloid magazine Star.
30 years later, 91 members of the 220-strong film team had cancer. In 1981, 46 of them had died, including the actors John Wayne († 1979), Agnes Moorehead († 1974) and Susan Hayward († 1975) and the director Dick Powell († 1963). John Hoyt died in 1991. The actor Pedro Armendáriz had already committed suicide in 1963 after he learned that he was terminally ill with cancer. Many of the extras involved also died of cancer.
additional
- The film was produced using the complex CinemaScope process.
- John Wayne's sons Michael and Patrick played supporting roles.
- William Conrad later became known as television detective Cannon and as Nero Wolfe .
Web links
- The conqueror in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry in the database of film.the-fan.net
supporting documents
- ↑ The Conqueror. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ John Wayne died in the atomic bomb. In: netzeitung.de. May 26, 2007, archived from the original on October 2, 2013 ; Retrieved July 6, 2014 .
- ^ The Children of John Wayne, Susan Hayward and Dick Powell Fear That Fallout Killed Their Parents. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
- ↑ DER SPIEGEL: TV documentary about atomic bomb - DER SPIEGEL - Panorama. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .